Lawrence, Robert, 1692?-

Robert Lawrence was the son of William Lawrence of Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Robert Lawrence had for many years represented Monmouth County in the N.J. Assembly, and was Speaker of the House as late as 1758. He was a lawyer and he speaks of the law often in his narrative. A family connection existed between Thomas Olden and Lawrence, and Lawrence was living in the David Olden house, in Princeton, N.J., a fact which may have caused the confusion as to the authorship of the manuscript.

From the description of A brief narrative of the ravages of the British and Hessians at Princeton : manuscript / [by Robert Lawrence] ca. 1776-1777. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 74213689